Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart

19-Jan-2018

Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth, expressed regret for his part in building tools that destroy ‘the social fabric of how society
works’

‘Former Facebook executive has said he feels “tremendous guilt” over his work on
“tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works”, joining a growing chorus of critics of the social media giant.

Chamath Palihapitiya, who was vice-president for user growth at Facebook before he left the company in 2011, said: “The short-term, dopamine-driven
feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works. No civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth.”